2015: INEC presents Voters Register of 68.8m electorates

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday presented the voter register for the 2015 general elections to political parties in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Act. Lists of nominated candidates contesting for the Presidency and National Assembly were also presented by the electoral body.

The Director of Information Communication Technology at INEC, Chidi Nwafor, who presented the information, also disclosed that the commission removed more than 4million people who did double registration from the initial list of 73.5 million Nigerians who had registered to vote.

INEC boss, Prof. Attahiry Jega dismissed reports that the commission could consider the use of temporary voter cards, insisting that only permanent voter cards would be used in the general election.  He declared that the commission is ready for the successful conduct of the polls noting that “The commission is happy to say that it has received from government all the funds required to conduct the 2015 general election. We can say in effect that funding is no longer a challenge to the forthcoming elections.

“INEC has always said it is preparing to conduct elections in all the 36 states and the federal capital, including the three north-eastern states experiencing the challenge of insurgency,” he said.